North Fork Prospect

The North Fork Prospect is a iron mine located in Millard county, Utah.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: North Fork Prospect

State: Utah

County: Millard

Elevation:

Commodity: Iron

Lat, Long: 38.81111, -112.29694

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North Fork Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: North Fork Prospect
Secondary: King and Pinto Claims

Commodity

Primary: Iron

Location

State: Utah
County: Millard
District: Pavant Range

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

General Physiographic Area: Intermontane Plateaus
Physiographic Province: Colorado Plateaus
Physiographic Section: High Plateaus Of Utah

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Limestone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 1970 CHEM. ANALYSIS: 51.2 % FE, 4.8 % SILICA, 0.23 % S, 0.24 % P, AND 0.02 % MN

Materials

Ore: Goethite
Ore: Limonite

Comments

Comment (Location): EXACT LOCATION UNKNOWN

Comment (Commodity): ORE IS MOSTLY HARD AND SPONGY WITH SOME OCHER.

Comment (Geology): GEOL.DESC: MINERALIZATION

Comment (Deposit): NO RECENT ASSESSMENT DONE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

References

Reference (Deposit): BULLOCK, K. C., 1970 , IRON DEPOSITS OF UTAH: UTAH GEOL & MIN SURV BULL 110 , P. 70

Reference (Deposit): CONSV. DIV. COMP. DATE, 06-29-1971

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